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By www.mknewslink.com reporter

In Kampala—

The United States government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has announced the launch of two new five-year activities, totaling $75 million USD, to improve food and nutrition security and to strengthen resilience of over 665,000 people in the Karamoja sub-region.

Karamoja is the most nutritionally vulnerable region in Uganda and the third most vulnerable to stunting in East Africa. Despite relative peace in the region after decades of conflict and instability, high levels of poverty as well as food and nutrition insecurity remain a significant barrier to development.

According to Ms Dorothy Nanyonga; the Information Assistant U.S. Mission Uganda the activities will focus on improving health and nutrition, on and off-farm livelihoods, local governance and civil society, and water, sanitation and hygiene conditions. Both activities will strategically invest in the region’s future: youth and adolescents.

Nanyonga adds that Catholic Relief Services and it’s partners will implement the Nu yok Activity (a Nga’karimojong word meaning “it is ours”) in the western districts of Abim, Nakapiripirit and Napak. Mercy Corps and partners will implement the Apolou Activity (meaning “growth” or “it is growing” in Nga’karimojong) in the eastern districts of Kaabong, Kotido, Moroto and Amudat.

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By Elly Nyesiga

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In Mbarara–

Mbarara district local government together with the Central government is set to construct the Children remand home that is expected to home street kids and criminal children.

Through the Ministry of Gender Labor and Social Development and Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs they are in final stages to construct the remand home which will supplement the only remand home in Western Uganda located in Kabarole district.

Capt. JB Bamuturaki Tumusiime; the Mbarara district chairperson while speaking to www.mknewslink.com  reporter said that as the district they have provided land in Bwizibwera Kashari county where the children remand home is to constructed.

Tumusiime says that as district and security they have been facing a challenge of children who commit crimes but they have no places to remand then forcing the security to detain them with other old criminals which is against the law.

He says that the two ministries are now sorting the budget issues and adds that when this remand home is completed it will reduce crimes in the district.

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By www.mknewslink.com reporter

In Kampala–

The Mborogoma clan has accused Brig. Elly Kayanja; the operation wealth creation boss for grabbing and selling their cultural land which accommodates their cultural (Buganda) heritage.

The land which the Brig took over from Wasaka having been originally in the names of Kago J. M is at Luwadda in Matugga. It used to be the main palace of Buganda King Kintu.

According to the chairman of the Mporogoma clan Amb, Prof Badru Kateregga the land in Buganda for various clans was titled in the names of the clans heads but their clan head was in exile for some reason and ended up put in the names of Kago which was later taken over by Wasaka who later left it to Brig Kayanja.

Amb. Kateregga said that out of the land measuring 1 square mile and now they have headquarters of about two acres.

“We have followed up this land for some time when we discovered that its lease was due to expire we waited but we were recently surprised to discover that Kayanja had had its lease renewed and had transferred it to Njovu developers” he added.

He added that “every clan in Buganda has its heads quarters for us we don’t have someone; it alleged that Brig Kayanja grabbed our land and sold it.

We pray to the Ugandan government and the Buganda King Ronald Mutebi to help us recover our land and its cultural heritage and values”.

Amb. Kateregga said that at one time the Matugga land served as a sub headquarters for all the other clans of Buganda

He also accused some top Buganda Land Board officials for conniving with Brig Kayanja to allegedly steal their Matuggga land.

The chairman of Mporogoma clan said he will not be intimidated and will do what it takes to recover their land from Njovu developers. He said the developers had sub divided the land into hundreds of plots and they said it had been sold to them by Brig Kayanja.

Amb Kateregga said it’s dangerous for people to connive to steal and sell off Mporogoma clan head headquarters and that their spirits will as well fight the thieves.

It is said that one Wasaka who was an agriculturalist by then was managing a farm in that area when government did the mapping and titling for the clans heads in Buganda (1960-70^s). It is said that at that time Brig Kayanja was Wasaka’s assistant. It was then possible later to process papers to take over that land.

It was futile to reach Brig Kayanja for a comment while the Minister of information and Kingdom spokesperson (Buganda Kingdom), Noah Kiyimba was not responding when we called on his phone.

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